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(No Model.) T. NIGKELS.

I BINDING TOOL AND CHAIN. I N0."30Z,277. Patented July 22, 1884.

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ilNiTED STATES PATENT @FFECD THOMAS NIGKELS, OF EAST SAGINAWV, MICHIGAN,ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO PHILLIP H. KETOHAM, OF SAME PLACE.

BINDING TOO L AND CHAIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 302,277, dated July 22,1884.

Application filed March 14, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, THOMAS NIOKELS, a citizen of the United States,residing at East Saginaw, Saginaw county, State of Michigan, haveinvented. a new and useful Binding-Tool and Method of Binding, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in binding-tools and methods ofbinding to facilitate the taking up of the slack of the chain in bindinga load of logs or other merchandise and fastening the same; and theobjects of my invention are to provide a tool that can easily bedetached from the chain after the operation of bindingis completed, andone in which the power expended by the operator is greatly increased bythe lever principle upon which it is constructed, and which is simple inconstruction and quickly and easily operated, and when removed from thechain can be used for binding other loads and leave the binding intact;and, also, a method of fastening the binding-chain, which can be quicklyand easily loosened without the use of the binding-tool. These objects Iattain by the tool or implement and method of binding illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, which make apart of this specification.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a load of logs,showing the applica tion of the tool to the chain in the act of binding,and the method of fastening the chain. Fig. 2 is a side view of thetool. Fig. 3 is a top view of the lever to which the power is applied.Fig. 4: is an under side or bottom view of the hook which engages withthe slackchain. Fig. 5 is the chain-hook with which the operation ofbinding is completed. Fig. 6 is a detail and enlarged View of the methodof fastening the binding-chain.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

A represents a load of logs 011 the bunks or holsters b b, which aredisposed on runners, wheels, or car trucks, as the case may be, andconnected by the sway-bars c 0, one at either end of the bunks. On onesway-bar or its equivalent is attached a short chain,

thus multiplying the power applied.

d, on the loose end of which is a ring, 6, and an auxiliary chain, Z, towhich is attached the chain-hook To the other sway-bar or its equivalentis attached a long chain, (1, which is thrown over the load in the actof binding.

9 h represent the lever, to which the power is applied at 7L.

f represents the hook which engages with the long chain (1, and which ishinged or j ointed to the lever g h at Ic-a point much nearer to theclaw end 9 than to the handle end h- In the act of binding, after thechain dis thrown over the load, its end is passed through the ring 6 andthe chain pulled taut. The claw end of the lever g h is then applied toa link in the chain at near the ring 6, and the tool placed in theposition indicated by the dotted lines, the claw in the end of the hookf engaged with a link in the chain df, and the lever g it brought by theoperator to the position shown by the full lines, thus taking all theslack out of the chain and springing the sway-bars c and 0 up to theload, the spring of which keeps the chain in strain as the load settlestogether. The chain-hook j, which is attached to the chain (Z by theauxiliary orbranch chain Z, is then placed across the ring 6 on a linkin the chain d, after the slack taken up by the tool has been pulledthrough the ring e,which secures the chain (1, and the tool f g h is re-.moved,which completes the operation of binding. I

The operation of unbindingis accomplished by knocking out the chain-hookj, which loosens the chain d and allows the logs to be rolled from thebunks b b.

I am aware that levers with hook attachments have been used fordifferent purposes and of different construction; but

Vhat I claim as my particular invention, and desire to secure by LettersPatent, is

1. The tool or implement f g h, constructed of the lever g h, slotted atone end to engage with the chain, and the hook f, which is slotted atone end to engage with the chain, and is hinged or jointed by the otherend to the lever g h nearer to the slotted end thanto the handle end,under the arrangement and for.arrangementandforco-operationsubstantially thebpirpose substantially asshown and deas shown and described. scri e 2. The combination of thechain-hook j on 5 the end of the auxiliary chain Z, and the aux- IVitnesses:

iliary chain Z with the short binding-chain cl, WV. E. ALLINGTON, on theend of which is the ring 0, under the C. A. MOORES.

THOMAS NICKELS.

